Best known for his tales of the macabre and mystery, Poe was one of the early American practitioners of the short story and a progenitor of detective fiction and crime fiction. He is also …

This guided reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” (1843) focuses on expanding vocabulary, developing student understanding of imagery and other figurative language, …

Mission: To create an educational program that complies with the Virginia Standards of Learning. To use Poe’s short stories to teach students about the different point of views, narration styles, …

One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture – a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so, I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and …

Readers outside the United States should check their own countries’ copyright laws to be certain they can legally download this e-story. The Online Books Page has an FAQ which gives a …

E TELL-TALE HEA Art is long and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.

By Edgar Allan Poe Directions: Read the short story and answer the questions that follow. Refer to the text to check your answers when appropriate. True!--nervous--very, very dreadfully …